[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1968500] [NEW] cursor flickers, area around cursor not updated

2022-04-10 Thread whitis
Public bug reported: This is on a legally blind user's machine so a larger cursor is needed. Had problems on problems on ubuntu 20.04 n optiplex 780 with G98 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2] with largest size and Yaru cursor. Cursor was flickering and a square region around the cursor often failed

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1916005] Re: gnome-shell hangs window decorations and dialogs

2021-02-18 Thread whitis
disabling makes freeze duration much shorter but you lose your desktop session every time. DATA LOSS inevitable. sudo perl -p -i -n -e "s/enabled=1/enabled=0/" /etc/default/apport sudo systemctl disable apport sudo service apport stop If I remove apport and whoopsie, then the duration of the fre

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1916005] Re: gnome-shell hangs window decorations and dialogs

2021-02-18 Thread whitis
Mouse cursor works when frozen. Actually, it looks like psensor does hang until the system starts to come back. It does show a spike (of unknown amplitude) in CPU usage (tenfold) and CPU temperature and there is an audible increase in fan speed. Top/gnome-terminal also freezes. top -d 1 -p `

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1916005] Re: gnome-shell hangs window decorations and dialogs

2021-02-17 Thread whitis
Mouse cursor works when frozen. Actually, it looks like psensor does hang until the system starts to come back. It does show a spike (of unknown amplitude) in CPU usage (tenfold) and CPU temperature and there is an audible increase in fan speed. Top/gnome-terminal also freezes. top -d 1 -p `

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1916005] [NEW] gnome-shell hangs window decorations and dialogs

2021-02-17 Thread whitis
Public bug reported: Desktop hangs frequently, sometimes more than once per day and can result in loss of work. Today I found a way to easily reproduce. - sudo apt-get install key-mon - start new session with nothing but gnome-terminal running. Unnecssary to reproduce, you can have dozens of pr

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1892788] [NEW] launches yagv when opening FOLDER

2020-08-24 Thread whitis
Public bug reported: Critical bug. file-roller will make the system user interface sieze up and cause you to lose work. - Ubuntu 18.04 - install firefox and yagv - In firefox, download and select open with archive manager https://www.chepclub.com/uploads/9/2/9/8/9298268/chepbedlevel_3.0.zip - In

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1880649] [NEW] wslusc creates bogus .lnk file that tries to run spotify

2020-05-25 Thread whitis
Public bug reported: Created link includes a lot of nonsense such as microsoft edge, spotify, gamebar. None of that nonsense is in my windoze or wsl/ubuntu enviroment variables, either. And I checked for malware recently and there is nothing but "netcat" which was deliberately installed. Spotify

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1865976] [NEW] horrible noises

2020-03-03 Thread whitis
Public bug reported: My system has, on more than one occasion, spontaneously begun making horrible noises. Don't have to be doing anything that generates audio. Orca wasn't even turned on and was not set to use cicero. The previous time this happened, I was able to trace it to speech dispatche

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1769299] Re: universal access zoom unusable

2018-05-05 Thread whitis
Problem reproduced on separate (virtual) machine, unmodified ubuntu live image. - Host system AMD Phenom II X6 1090T with 16GB RAM Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS - virtualbox 14.3.36-dfsg-... - SATA 0: 8GB VMDK drive (new) - SATA 1: CD/ROM: ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso - Base memor

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1656840] [NEW] window maximize is non-reversable

2017-01-16 Thread whitis
Public bug reported: You can't reverse window maximize on gnome terminal. When you maximize the window then minimize, either by using the maximize/minimize window or by double clicking the title bar (intentionally or otherwise) then when you try to minimize the window it uses almost the full scr

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1456452] Re: Works with stylus but not finger: HP Elitebook 2740P Tablet PC

2015-05-18 Thread whitis
Fix was to install this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~onboard/+archive/ubuntu/stable As suggested from this bug report https://bugs.launchpad.net/onboard/+bug/1304573 However, that bug report suggests multitouch should work. Specifically, that you should be able to hold the shift key while typing

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1456452] [NEW] Works with stylus but not finger: HP Elitebook 2740P Tablet PC

2015-05-18 Thread whitis
Public bug reported: As I will explain below, it appears that this bug is probably a manifestation of onboard using a completely incorrect algorithm for detecting button presses and releases that only accidentally works on legacy input devices and fails completely on a touchscreen. HP EliteBook 2

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1032639] Re: can not link against libxml2

2013-09-13 Thread whitis
This unacceptable change in the linker has the potential to break many packages. Especially when: cc=gcc $(include) $(libs) prog1: prog1.c -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libxml2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1201047] [NEW] .xsession filled entire disk partation ~773GB.

2013-07-13 Thread whitis
Public bug reported: Size of .xsession-errors file should be capped. I was rather surprised to be notified that I had under 1% of disk space left on my / drive since this is a 1TB partion on a 3TB drive. Using du and sort to provide lists of large directories, I couldn't figure out where all t

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 788415] Re: Can't disable suspend button

2011-11-17 Thread whitis
sleepbtn.sh change did not help. Since software folks are busy indiscriminately breaking things and failing to respond to reports that things are broken, I am following the lead of the afforementioned sun conure (parrot) and taking a hardware approach: I performed a sleep-button-ectomy on the keyb

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 788415] Re: Can't disable suspend button

2011-11-17 Thread whitis
Instructions here don't work: http://www.vyvy.org/main/en/node/219 And trying to define a custom key launcher in gnome keyboard settings don't work (you have to press the key to define it). I have crashed the system a few times now trying to test if it is disabled. You apparently can't disable i

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 788415] Re: Can't disable suspend button

2011-11-17 Thread whitis
This bug also affects Ubuntu 11.10.And this has resulted in repeated system crashes as 11.10 will not survive hibernate/wake-up. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net